VE-Day recalled as Europe marks 40th anniversary
Forty years after Nazi Germany’s surrender on May 8 1945 Europe remembered the war’s end with parades services and memorials. West Germany’s president urged Germans to acknowledge the past and take responsibility while Strasbourg prepared for Reagan’s visit and celebrated with flags and cross border movement across the Rhine.
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Reagan
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Poland
Richard von Weizsaecker
Allensbach Institute For Polling
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U.S
Rhine River
Gypsy moth spray plane hit by sniper
A New York man piloting a 1976 Grumman Ag Cat was shot at while spraying gypsy moths on Price Distillery Road near Md 75. Lauren C. Oates returned the plane to Frederick Municipal Airport, continuing spraying after the 6 45 a.m. incident as FBI and state police investigate the federal offense and seek witnesses.
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Red Creek
N.Y
Tfe
Jeff Alexander
Frederick Municipal
Jeff Taylor
New York
Grumman
Price Distillery Road
Maryland
Alexander
Pat Patrick
Frederick
Patrick
FBI
Baltimore
Oates
News-Post
South East Asia
Frederick city rewrites outdated election code for clarity
City and county election officials plan a streamlined rewrite of about 60 pages of archaic wording in Frederick's city election code. The effort aims to preserve meaning while modernizing terms, with a target completion before the September city primary.
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W. Milner Roberts
Board of Aldermen
Election Board
Beverly Sharrer
Elections Board
Board of Elections Supervisors
Board of Registry
Scott Resigns as Frederick Center Director Amid Pressure and Debate
John L. Scott faced pressure over his resignation from the Frederick Community Center after officials tied a recommendation letter to his departure. Board chairman Theodore Stephens claimed the letter was conditioned on public silence, a condition allegedly broken when Scott submitted his resignation. Scott plans to stay nearby to continue aiding the poor through a soup kitchen and related nonprofit efforts.
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John L. Scott
Frederick Community Center
James M. Murphy
Scott
Community Services Agency
Theodore W. Stephens
Stephens
Frederick
Ronald N. Young
Young
Inmate Charged With May 1983 Baltimore Slaying
Harold Franklin Jones, 33, an inmate at Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown, is charged by Maryland State Police with the May 1983 murder of William S. Lauver, 63, of Baltimore. Jones faces 14 counts including first and second degree murder, robbery related charges, kidnapping, false imprisonment, auto theft, and assault. He is due to appear before a court.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Baltimore
Union Bridge
Harold Franklin Jones
William S. Lauver
W. Fort Ave
Jones
Words of Wisdom From Hoover on Youth and Debt
A quip from Herbert Hoover proclaims blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt, reflecting a wary view of fiscal burden passed to future generations. The remark echoes concerns about government spending and economic policy.
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Herbert Hoover
Frederick County budget talks fund jail carts and social worker
Frederick County Commissioners debated fiscal 1986 budget appeals on Tuesday granting 10500 to heat inmate meals, adding a social services social worker, and 6000 more for law library books. They rejected a law clerk, a therapy supervisor, and a health education program. They also adjusted liquor regulation funding while noting unexpected state funds and investment gains totaling about 1.014 million.
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Clagett
Frederick County
Department of Social Services
County Law Library
Winchester Hall
Rock Creek Developmental Center
Martha T. Schipper
Sterling E. Bollinger
DSS
Richard L. Grossnickle
Harold K. Keller Jr
Keller
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